MONUMENT, mon'[=u]-ment, _n._ anything that preserves the memory of a
person or an event, a building, pillar, tomb, &c.: a record or enduring
example of anything: any distinctive mark.--_v.t._ to raise a monument in
memory of.--_adj._ MONUMENT'AL, of or relating to a monument or tomb:
memorial: impressive: amazing.--_adv._ MONUMENT'ALLY. [Fr.,--L.
_monumentum_--_mon[=e]re_, to remind.]